Which statement best explains how effectively this passage uses vivid description? Detective Montes sat down across from the suspect. She stared at him solemnly for a long moment "You want to tell me why you were on Main Street in front of the restaurant last night?" His eyes were full of tears, like a river about to overflow its banks. His lower lip trembled, as though from the tension of trying to keep his tears from spilling over. "I told you. I was biking home from work. I'm trying to help you. I don't know what else I can say." He put his head down on his handouffed hands, exhausted from the effort. A. The vivid description is effective because it appeals to the sense of hearing as well as sight. B. The vivid description is not effective because it creates a somber tone when a playful tone is called for. C. The vivid description is not effective because it uses ordinary words that do not create vivid images. D. The vivid description is effective because it creates a sense of tension that helps build suspense about the conversation,

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.

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